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GARDNER, KS-William F. Crandall, formerly president of Crandalland Co., has signed on as president of a new Kansas City office ofthe San Diego-based Allen Group. The company is entrusting Crandallto lead the effort to build the seven-million-sf Kansas CityLogistics Hub, next to a 400-acre new Burlington Northern Santa FeIntermodal Facility here, among other commercial real estateventures.

Crandall brings with him two other large projects: theconstruction of Applebee's 180,000-sf new headquarters in Lenexaand finding a new home for Andrews Publishing, needing 80,000-sf ofoffice space in Kansas or Missouri. He has the background for largejobs; when he was with Zimmer Real Estate Services Inc., he wasmaster developer for Village West, an $800-million, two-million-sfretail and entertainment district in Kansas City, KS. He also ledthe team that completed the management of the $1-billion SprintWorld Headquarters campus.